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In its January 2014 determination in Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology v. Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development,
Inadequate Evaluation Records Breach Transparent Procurement Rules
[1] the Canadian International Trade Tribunal found that the government’s lack of adequate evaluation records adversely impacted the Tribunal’s ability to assess the reasonableness of the challenged evaluation. While the Tribunal found that the complaint was valid since the evaluation team’s score in the challenged evaluation category was not supported by a tenable explanation,[2] it declined to award a remedy since the irregularity only involved a small number of evaluation points and had no impact on the outcome of the evaluation process.[3]
